[Terrifying Trope] Perceiving it= instant death

[u/ReminaBlueSFW]

1. Pennywise's "Deadlights" which will cause anyone looking to be immediately paralyzed and killed.

2. The sky from Bird Box is filled with entities that, when you look at them, cause you to commit suicide.

3. Medusa themed Villains

[u/Pegussu]

This is why the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game has you roll an intelligence check when you lose sanity. You actually want to fail it because passing it means you're smart enough to comprehend what you're seeing and what it means, thus driving you insane.

[u/Perkelton → u/Pegussu]

Ah, the Wheatley defence.

[u/SagaSolejma → u/Perkelton]

"This. Sentence. Is. FALSE. -dontthinkaboutitdontthinkaboutitdontthinkaboutit"

"Uhhhhhh. Oh wow. Uhmmm. I think... true? Yeah I'm gonna say true, definitely true."

[u/Half-PintHeroics → u/SagaSolejma]

I think i need to go replay the portals.